[mythtv-users] ATI vs NVidia card conclusion
Mike Perkins
mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Jul 2 21:09:53 UTC 2007
Jake Palmer wrote:
>
> If you haven't tweaked anything, then you're using the open source driver.
> There's nothing wrong with that except you have no hardware acceleration.
> In other words it's fine for a basic workstation, but it's far from ideal
> for a HTPC.
>
Nope. I'm running Mandriva 2007.1, which picked out the "ati" driver
automatically on installation. Unlike 2007.0, which gave me a "vesa"
driver I had to spend some time replacing.
You may be right, it's not ideal, but this machine's main function isn't
an HTPC, so I can live with it.
Mike Perkins
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